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No brewery works in a silo. Brewers Association staff, including Chief Economist Bart Watson, keep close tabs on the statistics and trends that affect the entire craft brewing community. Keep up with the latest numbers to ensure the success and growth of your business using the resources in this category.

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The New Brewer

The Rise of Lifestyle Beers

Greg Kitsock

A crosscurrent is developing among craft beer consumers: a demand for simpler more refreshing beers that increasingly complement a healthier lifestyle.

The New Brewer

Are Craft Brewers Still Innovating?

Mike Kallenberger

As the growth of craft beer as a category has tapered off, some observers have lamented that frewer craft brewers seem to truly innovate, with many now following trends.

Insights & Analysis

How Many Breweries In Planning Are There Really?

Learn how Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson estimates the number of breweries in planning and what that number really looks like today. Read More

Economist

Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on Twitter @BrewersStats.

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Communicating Craft

The Diversity Data Is In: Craft Breweries Have Room and Resources for Improvement

With the 2019 diversity data now available, anyone scanning it will conclude there is work to be done, and we as a craft beer community can do better.Read More

Craft Beer Program Director

Julia is craft beer program director at the Brewers Association and publisher of CraftBeer.com. In her role at the BA she serves as an educator and as a spokesperson for the association. Follow her beer adventures on Twitter @HerzMuses.

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Insights & Analysis

Brewery Diversity Benchmarking: A Foundation for Change

As part of the recent human resources and salary benchmarking completed by the BA, we also completed our first benchmark of brewery owner and employee diversity, including both gender and race/ethnicity. Read More

Economist

Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on Twitter @BrewersStats.

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The New Brewer

Craft’s New Reality: Growth in a Competitive Market

Paul Gatza and Bart Watson

The craft brewing industry has reached a new level of competitiveness, with increasing competition within craft and more than two brewery openings per day.

The New Brewer

Brewpubs: Creating Synergy

Jack Curtin

Brewpubs were up nearly 15 percent in 2016, and this strong performance is welcome news since the segment is at the very heart of the craft beer industry.

The New Brewer

Micros: Driving Craft Growth

Stan Hieronymus

Microbreweries are now the primary engine in craft growth. Seventy-eight percent of craft beer growth in 2016 came from breweries that sold fewer than 15,000 barrels.

The New Brewer

Regionals: Under Pressure

Greg Kitsock

Craft beer volume grew 6 percent last year, but those gains weren’t spread around evenly. Fifteen of the top 25 craft breweries saw their volumes drop over 2015.

The New Brewer

Large Breweries + Imports: No More Excuses

Harry Schuhmacher

The rise in craft beer has, for the most part, masked the slow deterioration of what is still the largest segment of the U.S. beer business.

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